Building on Expansive Soils
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 4:30 pm
Understanding Properties of Expansive Soils
J. Cooke
Identifying expansive soils
Site investigation and testing
Soil suction
Soil stress
Estimating heave
Water migration
Foundation Design for Expansive Soils
M. Kalinski
Shallow individual and continuous footings
Slab-on-grade foundations
Basements
Deep foundations
Engineering the Soil and/or the Site Conditions
J. Cooke
Geotechnical engineering and testing (post design)
Site grading and elevations
Soil replacement
Moisture control of the soil
Soil treatment/modification
Diagnosing and Repairing Foundation
Damage in Expansive Soils
M. Kalinski
Identifying damage caused by expansive soils
Repair techniques
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW CE Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Kentucky.
This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885).
Architects and engineers seeking continuing education credits in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It is not approved by any state licensing entity for contractor continuing education credit.
Attendance will be monitored and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Joseph S. Cooke P.E.
Geotechnical Engineer
Mr. Cooke’s work experience includes services in the geotechnical, construction, construction testing/inspection and environmental engineering fields. His project experience includes projects as large as 1,400 acres, buildings as large as 1.5 million square feet, “portfolio” work on as many as 75 projects in one package, and linear projects as long as 40 miles. His specific specialties include earthwork and soil issues, construction materials and project performance, forensic analysis of geotechnical and materials issues, large project planning and geotechnical-related construction planning and analysis. He has provided geotechnical engineering on over 1,500 projects in over 15 states.
Michael Kalinski
University of KentuckyUniversity of KentuckyDr. Kalinski holds a B.Sc. degree from the Colorado School of Mines and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. During his 30-year career, he has specialized in geotechnical engineering and engineering geophysics as an educator, practitioner and researcher. As an educator, Dr. Kalinski has taught the undergraduate soil mechanics course and graduate courses in earthquake engineering, groundwater seepage and landfill design at the University of Kentucky for over 15 years. As a practitioner, he has worked on numerous geotechnical projects across the country and frequently provides advice to other engineers. Dr. Kalinski has also provided his expertise around the world in places like Norway, Haiti, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. He is a licensed professional engineer in California, Texas and Kentucky and a registered professional geophysicist in California. As a researcher, Dr. Kalinski has published dozens of journal articles on a variety of topics in geotechnical engineering and has written a textbook on laboratory methods in soil mechanics.